Monthly Archives: October 1999

A friend of mine played for a German Third Division club that had once beaten a First Division foe in the DFB Cup. The keeper, he told me, had played tremendously. After the game, the media mobbed the giddy goalie, who on national TV said, “I plan to play on a First Division team.” At […]

The move was inevitable: The MetroStars and Bora Milutinovic have mutually agreed to part ways. Assistant coach Fernando Clavijo has been named interim head coach and will also be considered for the vacant coaching position. “After numerous and lengthy discussions, Bora and I have concluded that this decision is in everyone’s best interest,” said GM […]

Kevin Jameson Braintree, Mass. Are there any plans in the works for the MLS teams to start their own youth programs? Ultimately, I feel that this is the long-term answer to developing players. What do you think? Ridge Mahoney: Kevin, it’s the best way to develop players, but until more MLS teams can generate significant […]

D.C. United rookie midfielder Chris Albright is out for the rest of the season after suffering a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee during training on Oct. 26. Albright, 20, suffered the injury after going in on a tackle during the morning session at United Park in Herndon, Va. He was examined by […]

Columbus Crew general manager Jamey Rootes is preparing for life without star striker Stern John, but his focus is the MLS playoffs. SOCCER AMERICA: There has been much speculation as to the future of Stern John. What is his status? JAMEY ROOTES: Our focus with Stern has to be the playoffs and fielding the most […]

Here’s a look at MLS games on television this week: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television Oct. 31 Columbus at D.C. United 1:00 Univision Oct. 31 Dallas at Los Angeles 5:30 p.m. ESPN2

U.S. men’s under-17 national team coach John Ellinger named his 18-player roster for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand Nov. 10-27. Ellinger also named five alternates: goalkeeper Martin Hutton (Spring, Texas), midfielders Ryan Daley (Modesto, Calif.), Justin Detter (White Lake, Mich.) and Danny Bolin (Knoxville, Tenn.), and forward Peter Withers (Portland, Ore.). […]

Peter Fisher Chicago, Ill. There has been discussion on the Fire strand between Fire and Burn supporters about the nature and consequences of the physical play and intimidation, as evidenced in the Oct. 23 playoff game. The level and nature of the hacking, elbowing and gouging seems to be worse than ever, and worse than […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION I Far West Region 1 UCLA 13-1-0 DH UC Irvine 1-0, DH San Diego State 2-0 2 CS Fullerton 13-3-0 DH San Diego State 5-0, DH UC Irvine 2-0 3 Santa Clara 11-2-1 TA St. MaryÆs 1-1 4 Washington 9-4-2 DA Denver 4-3, DH California 2-1, DH Stanford 1-0 5 California 11-3-2 […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION I Central Region 1 Nebraska 16-1-1 DA Oklahoma 3-1, DA Oklahoma State 10-0 2 Texas A&M 14-4-0 DA Missouri 5-2, DA Kansas 4-1 3 SMU 12-5-0 DA TCU 1-0, DH Hawaii 2-0 4 Missouri 11-5-1 LH Texas A&M 5-2, TH Texas 0-0 5 Baylor 12-5-1 DA Denver 3-2, TA Colorado 1-1 6 […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION III Great Lakes Region 1 Otterbein 15-1-0 DA Marietta 5-1, DH Baldwin-Wallace 6-1 2 Earlham 15-1-0 DH Wabash 2-0, DH Rose-Hulman 2-1 2 Heidelberg 15-1-0 DA Capital 1-0, DH Mount Union 3-1 4 Ohio Wesleyan 13-2-1 DA Denison 3-0, DH Wittenberg 4-0, DH Allegheny 3-1 5 Wilmington 13-4-0 DH Kenyon 4-1, DH […]

William A. VanBuskirk Pottstown, Pa. What criteria are used for assigning assists on goals? Mike Woitalla: The practice of awarding assists in score summaries and using them as a statistic for judging individual players can be traced to American soccer, but it is catching on around the world. For example, Italian publications use the English […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION II Central Region 1 IUP-Fort Wayne 13-2-2 DH Northern Kentucky 1-0, DA Bellarmine 4-1 2 Lewis 12-3-2 LA SIU-E 1-2, DA Southern Indiana 2-0 2 Truman State 11-3-1 LA MO-Rolla 2-3, DA Columbia 2-1 4 SIU-Edwardsville 10-61 DH Lewis 2-1, DH WI-Parkside 1-0 5 WI-Parkside 11-4-1 DA Southern Indiana 2-0, LA SIU-E […]

TAMPA BAY 0 COLUMBUS 2 Oct. 22 Att.: 14,392. Goals Columbus: West (Cunningham, DeBrito) 23, Cunningham 88. SA Report Card Tampa Bay: Garlick 5, Houser 6, Kotschau 5, McCarty 5, Kinnear 6, Valderrama 7, Keller 6, Ralston 6, Quill 5 (Shannon, 65th, 5), Diaz Arce 4, Lagos 6 (Marino, 82nd, 5). Columbus: Dougherty 5, Yeagley […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 Santa Clara 17-0-0 299 2 Florida 16-1-0 283 3 North Carolina 14-2-0 273 4 Nebraska 16-1-1 270 5 Penn State 14-2-1 254 6 Notre Dame 13-3-0 240 7 Stanford 13-3-0 221 7 Connecticut 12-5-0 221 9 Clemson 12-4-1 187 10 USC 12-4-0 186 11 Texas A&M 14-4-0 […]

GROUP A In Rome: Lazio 1 Bayer Leverkusen 1 Goals: Nedved 1; Kirsten 43. In Maribor: Maribor Teatanic 1 Dynamo Kiev 2 Goals: Balajic 50; Rebrov 37, 84 pen. TEAM GP W L T GF GA P Q-Lazio 5 3 2 0 12 3 11 Dynamo Kiev 5 2 1 2 8 7 7 Bayer […]

POSITION/PLAYER G Chuck Connelly (Old Dominion) (1) Made 6 saves in narrow win over VCU D B.J. Snow (Indiana) (1) First collegiate goal in 2-1 win over Ohio State D Ryan Lee (UCLA) (1) Filled in for injured Bocanegra at left back, scored M Jamal Seale (Wake Forest) (1) Winner in OT against Maryland M […]

POSITION/PLAYER G Cami Varnadore (Texas) (1) 16 saves vs. Missouri for 15th career shutout D Kara Brown (Notre Dame) (1) 2 assists in wins over UConn and Miami D Jill Davis (East Carolina) (1) 5-11 co-captain’s goal ties James Madison M Ronnie Fair (Stanford) (1) Converts PK vs. UCLA, hits free kick vs. USC M […]

æThe worst part of being versatileÆ Second-year defender Carey TalleyÆs versatility has kept him busy all over the field for D.C. United; his strong performance in D.C.Æs playoff-opening 2-0 win over Miami came in relief of injured Carlos Llamosa. SOCCER AMERICA: A fine start to the playoffs. CAREY TALLEY: It was good to win after […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION II Central Region 1 North Dakota State 13-1-1 DA North Dakota 2-1, DH Morehead State 6-0 2 Northern Kentucky 16-2-0 DA Bellarmine 3-0, DH IPFW 11-0, DH Kentucky Wesleyan 5-0 3 St. JosephÆs 13-4-1 DA UMSL 4-2, DA Quincy 2-0 4 Winona State 13-3-0 DH MN-Morris 4-0, DH Northern State 8-1 5 […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION III Central Region 1 Macalester 14-2-0 DA St. MaryÆs 3-0 2 Wheaton 15-2-0 DA Westmont 2-1, DA Cal. Lutheran 3-0, DA Elmhurst 4-1, DH WI-Stevens Point 2-1 3 WI-Stevens Point 14-3-0 LA Wheaton 1-2, DA WI-Platteville 3-0 4 Chicago 11-2-3 TH Emory 1-1, DH NYU 1-0 5 Washington U. 13-3-0 DH NYU […]

Micah Cooks of Washington, D.C., became the first Project-40 signing of the class of 2000. The 18-year-old forward becomes the 36th member of the 3-1/2 MLS and U.S. Soccer initiative. “Micah Cooks is among those young players who we feel will bring American soccer and MLS into the next millennium,” executive vice president Ivan Gazidis […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 Duke 9-0-3 476 2 Indiana 13-2-0 451 3 UCLA 13-1-0 439 4 Wake Forest 10-0-4 400 5 Penn State 13-2-0 359 6 SW Missouri 14-0-1 355 7 Furman 13-1-1 283 8 CS Fullerton 13-3-0 275 9 Maryland 11-4-0 263 10 Creighton 10-2-1 261 11 Connecticut 10-4-0 251 […]

Colorado Rapids defender Marcelo Balboa is more concerned with his team’s horrible scoring slump than frenzied Los Angeles fans angry after the U.S. national veteran was involved in another controversial incident with a Galaxy player. Homecomings should be heartfelt, not hostile, yet Marcelo Balboa had much more on his mind than the boos and whistles […]

Group E Oct. 26 in Madrid Real Madrid 3, Olympiakos Piraeus 0 Goals: Raul 20, Morientes 63, Roberto Carlos 82. Oct. 26 in Oporto Porto 3 Molde 1 Goals: Deco Sousa 1, 27, Jardel 57; Hestad 82. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Q-Porto 5 4 0 1 9 5 12 Q-Real Madrid […]